Phish

Born in 1983 at the University of Vermont the original band consisted of Trey Anastasio and Jeff Holdsworth on guitar, Mike Gordon on bass, and Jon Fishman on the drums.
Percussionist Marc Daubert joined in the fall of 1984 but only stayed a few months. Page McConnell joined on keyboards in the fall of 1985 and Holdsworth left after graduating in 1986 leaving the lineup that lasted the rest of the bands career.

Over the years the band gained a huge loyal following second only to the Grateful Dead. In fact many Dead Heads crossed over after the death of Jerry Garcia in 1995. The band toured regularly and held yearly festivals at various east coast venues.

In October 2000 at a show at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California they left the stage without saying a word after their performance as the Beatles “Let It Be” played. I was at that show and the rumor spread quickly through the crowd that they had broken up. The next day their website announced that in fact they would be taking an extended hiatus.

They reformed in 2002 releasing an album and doing some sporadic touring leading to their final festival in 2004 after which they called it quits.

So now it’s time to go Phishing!

Run Like an Antelope 87


Lushington => Possum 87


Reba 89


Peaches en Regalia 89


Fee 89


Bathtub Gin 89


Lizards 89


Uncle Pen 90


Bouncing Around the Room 90


Destiny Unbound 91


Rift 92


Divided Sky 94


While My Guitar Gently Weeps 94


Tube 96


Bohemian Rhapsody 96


Champagne Supernova 96


Chalkdust Torture 97


Johnny B. Goode 97


Squirming Coil 97


Halley’s Comet 97 (Takes a minute to get rolling)


Moma Dance 98


Runaway Jim w/ Neil Young 98


Down By the River – continuation from Runaway Jim


The Mighty Quinn 98


Funky Bitch 98


Ghost 98


AC/DC Bag 99


Bug 99


Gumbo 99


Farmhouse 99


Waste 2000


Auld Lang Syne => Down With Disease 2000


Boogie On Reggae Woman 2000


Loop Jamming => Mike’s Song 2000


Back On the Train 2000


Upon hearing the following song in concert I evolved from a curious onlooker to a true Phish head. From then on I made every show within 150 miles of my home.

One of my concert companions and fellow Phish head would sign along with his own version of the words: “Wash your face and drive me to Valencia”

You Enjoy Myself part 1 2000


You Enjoy Myself part 2 2000


Round Room 2003


Phish Official Website
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Something to Tide You Over

The ear infections are subsiding and I can once again hear something other than the ringing in my ears. So here's a little something to tide you over until the next regular show.

Take it away Mickey!

Show Delayed - Eardrums on strike.

Due to a screaming ear infection and the inability to hear properly due to my eardrums bulging out - this weeks show will be delayed at least until I no longer feel like this guy. In the meantime check out my favorite radio station, KVMR out of Nevada City, California. They play a mix of just about everything from folk to classical, bluegrass to jazz. Saturday nights there you can catch a couple hours of the Grateful Dead. Check out their schedule or click the "listen" link and be surprised!

The Blues

A short note: I have temporarily shortened the number of videos in my shows. I would like them to be more inclusive, but recently certain browsers seem to be having problems with playing these videos. With Firefox I’ve found a need to keep moving the mouse in order for the videos to load and play properly. I’m hoping this shorter list will improve the performance until this issue can be resolved. Internet Explorer is working better for viewing and the Avant browser has been reported to have no problems.

If you are having similar problems please comment which browser and operating system you are using. Also if they are playing properly I would like to know so I can try to figure out this problem.

Update - this seems to be an issue with Firefox. This is very disappointing as it is my preferred browser. In the meantime I must suggest using Internet Explorer or other browsers to view the videos on this page. I will update this message if and when Firefox resolves this problem.


Tonight I’ll take you on a trip into an American standard, so sit back, grab the tissues and get down with the Blues.


Blues on the front porch – Artist unknown.


Hobo Blues – John Lee Hooker


Bassology – Willie Dixon


I Can’t Quit You Baby – Otis Rush


I Can’t Quit You Baby – Led Zepplin’s version


My Girl – Otis Redding


John Henry – Mississippi Fred McDowell


Aberdeen Mississippi Blues – Booker White


Key to the Highway – Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (Intro by Pete Seeger)


You Got to Walk That Lonesome Highway – Mississippi John Hurt


Death Letter – Son House


Seventh Son – Willie Dixon & The Chicago Blues Old Stars (Loud)


Goin’ to Mississippi – Magic Slim and the Teardrops


Got my Mojo Working – Muddy Waters & James Cotton


Fishing Blues – Taj Mahal


Contemporary blues musicians keep the blues flowing.

Rock Me Baby – BB King, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy & Jim Vaughn


Drown In My Own Tears – Jeff Beck


Total Surrender – Steve Vai


Mississippi Blues – Johnny Winter


Ain’t No Bread In the Breadbox – Roy Rogers & Norton Buffalo


Big Log – Robert Plant


The Best of Me – Carvin Jones


Cliffs of Dover – Eric Johnson


Rhythm & Blues in the wrong place – Blues Brothers

Pot Luck

Tonight come along with me as I wind my way through the teasers in the sidebar at YouTube. Who knows where it will go or where it will end? I’ll grab whatever catches my eye and toss it into the mix – no particular theme or pattern tonight!



Strangelove – Depeche Mode


Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order


Karma Police – Radiohead


Frustrated – The Knack


Behind the Barrier – Planet P Project


Sleepwalk – Ultravox


Juke Box Jive – The Rubettes


Two Tribes – Frankie Goes to Hollywood


Original Sin - INXS


Think – Information Society


Sultans of Swing - Dire Straights


Layla – Mark Knopfler & Eric Calpton


Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton


Everything I Do – Bryan Adams


Stairway to Heaven – Led Zepplin


Whipping Post – Frank Zappa


Julius – Phish


Down By the River – Neil Young & Phish


Goin’ Down to the River – Mississippi Fred McDowell


Further On Down the Road – Roy Buchanan & Albert Collins


Lotus Feet - Steve Vai


Red House – Joe Satriani, Steve Vai & Eric Johnson


All Along the Watch Tower – Jimi Hendrix


Piece of My Heart – Janice Joplin


Time – Alan Parsons Project


Time – Pink Floyd


Sine On You Crazy Diamond – David Gilmour


Comfortably Numb – David Gilmour & Bob Geldof


I Don’t Like Mondays – Boomtown Rats


Bohemian Rhapsody => Radio Ga Ga – Queen


Bad – U2


Against AllOdds – Phill Collins


Land Of Confusion – Genesis


The Knife – Genesis


Red Rain – Peter Gabrial


Don’t Give Up – Peter Gabrial & Kate Bush


King of the Mountain – Kate Bush


OK - I have to admit I ran into several dead ends and had to throw in a new band name to resume the flow. Somewhere in there the parameters for the transitions changed too. But then I did say I knew not where it would go.